Bizarre News - February 8, 2014

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

A Florida resident said he thinks a monkey photographed in his neighborhood might have been behind a pair of car break-ins.

The monkey in the Mirabay neighborhood of Apollo Beach was photographed recently by a neighborhood resident, and experts said it appears to be a rhesus macaque.

Corey Beckman, a photojournalist, said he spotted the monkey a couple weeks ago while relaxing at his home and soon came to suspect the primate of being behind two car break-ins the previous week.

Beckman said the cars were ransacked, but nothing was taken.

"You'd think anybody breaking into a car wound find it nice seeing a GPS there an iPod but they just left it all sitting here," Beckman said.

"Maybe it didn't like my music," Beckman joked.

The monkey hasn't caused any injuries and neighbors said they would like to see it relocated without being harmed.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Man allegedly bites off brother's ear in post-Super Bowl party fight --*
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A Rochester, N. Y., man allegedly bit off part of his brother's ear following a Super Bowl party Sunday, City Court documents said. Sean Fallon-Nebbia, 27, was charged with felony first-degree assault after he and his brother Frank, 26, fought in Fallon-Nebbia's apartment late Sunday. He is also accused of punching Frank Fallon-Nebbia in the face and rendering him unconscious when emergency responders arrived, the (Rochester, N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle reported Tuesday. Court documents allege the brothers shared a bottle of whiskey and more at a party, and were roughhousing after the game when the incident occurred. Another unidentified resident of the apartment said the brothers were drunk and "play wrestling" before they "turned violent and aggressive." Sean Fallon-Nebbia pleaded not guilty Monday in City Court and was remanded to the Monroe County Jail. Frank Fallon-Nebbia received a court order of protection from his brother, and a doctor at Rochester's Strong Memorial Hospital said the ear was permanently disfigured. Sean Fallon-Nebbia is scheduled to return to court Friday.


*- Middle Eastern restaurant dubbed 'The Bomb' -*
EASTPOINTE, Mich. - A Syrian couple opening a Detroit area restaurant called "The Bomb" said they want to invoke the slang term for "awesome" rather than terrorism. George and Rana Kasar, who are from Syria, said they wanted to rebrand after purchasing the Eastpointe restaurant, which was called Ideli under previous management, WWJ Detroit reported Tuesday. "It's his idea, my husband's idea," Rana Kasar said. "I said, 'No! It's too much!' He's like, 'No, no, no. I think it's going to be perfect.'" "[It's] a little bit scary. They think we're terrorists now," Rana Kasar said of local residents. However, she said terrorism is not what the name is designed to invoke. "Something like, when they eat something they're like, 'Wow! It's the bomb,'" she said. The eatery will serve both Middle Eastern and other dishes, with their signature creation being "The Bomb Fajita."


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Squealing like a pig has new meaning when you understand that pigs have orgasms that last 30 mins. LOL -Melissa
[You seem to know a lot about orgasms...and I find that strangely arousing.]

Lewis; Well I gotta say selling heroin from a drive thru window at a McDonalds puts a new twist on a happy meal but, never having bought heroine, how much was that happy meal? A couple hundred? Anyway, it was a different scheme but not very smart. -Wes

What does static electricity have to do with his comment? You do realize that there is a lot of methane in cow farts. -Dan Carter
[Methane won't ignite by itself. In the story the commenter was referencing, the methane from the cow farts was ignited by a build up of static electricity from a massaging machine designed to make the cows give more milk. I suggested that hand milking a cow, like Mrs. O'Leary undoubtedly would have (if that old tale were true) would not have created any static electricity. All caught up now? Good.]

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